2018 Giulia Negri Serradenari Beaujolais backbone of red and floral

backbone of red and floral fruit

Since its creation in 1872 by Louis-Napoléon Mattei

with nuance of white flowers with lingering minerality

These are richly fruited

The 2019 Château Belles-Graves is a Kermit Lynch import from Lalande-de-Pomerol — predominantly Merlot with a splash of Cabernet Franc

2018 Giulia Negri Serradenari Beaujolais backbone of red and floralGiulia Negri, or Barologirl, as she has been nicknamed, took over her family estate with a lineage of grape growing going back 150 years at the age of only twenty four! Precocious, well traveled, and sharp as a whip. Having studied in Burgundy, and given her vineyards northernly exposition, it is no wonder that when we dip our nose into her wines we feel a strong resemblance to Burgundy. But make no mistake, this is Nebbiolo, not Pinot Noir. Yet there